Seton Hall’s Jeremy Hazell, the Big East’s second-leading scorer at 21.9 per game, played with eight stitches in his shooting hand and was limited to nine points. Starting point guard Eugene Harvey sat out his second straight game with a bruised right wrist.

On Dec. 26 in Newark, West Virginia blew a 10-point lead with less than a minute to play in regulation before beating Seton Hall 90-84 in overtime. This time, the Mountaineers failed to make a field goal over the final nine minutes and Seton Hall made things interesting.

Hazell scored a career-high 41 points in the December game, but yesterday he went just 2 of 10 from the field in 33 minutes and no one else was able to step up until the second half.

The Pirates (15-10, 6-8 Big East) effectively drove the ball inside to draw fouls and Robinson scored six points during a 14-0 run that trimmed what had been a 19-point deficit to 63-60 with three minutes left. But Seton Hall suddenly went cold and sent West Virginia to the free-throw line eight times after that. The Mountaineers (21-5, 10-4) made them pay, outscoring the Pirates 12-3 the rest of the way.

Jeff Robinson scored 16 points to lead Seton Hall and Robert Mitchell had 10.

Seton Hall, coming off its only Big East road win, at St. John’s on Wednesday, was outrebounded 41-36. Herb Pope, the Big East’s leading rebounder at 11.0 per game, had 10 but no one else on the Pirates had more than five.